At dawn, Attorney General Eric Holder made a gravesite visit to honor Kennedy, bowing his head and placing a Justice Department commemorative coin at the stone. Holder then walked a short path to the grave of Robert F. Kennedy, who had served as attorney general under his brother, bowed his head and left another coin.

In a late morning ceremony in Dallas, the former president will be remembered with prayers, a speech by Mayor Mike Rawlings and military jets flying over the city'sDealey Plaza, where Kennedy was shot.